Liristis v. American Family Mutual Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding homeowner = s policy did not exclude mold damage caused by a covered event
• on appeal from summary judgment, “court has discretion to read and interpret [contract] correctly and is not necessarily limited to the arguments made by the parties”
• “We construe provisions of an insurance policy according to their plain and ordinary meaning.”
• “When the parties have tendered an insurance policy to the court for a coverage ruling, the court has discretion to read and interpret the policy correctly and is not necessarily limited to the arguments made by the parties.”
• “It is also significant that both parties have 6 TORRES, et al. v. JAI DINING Opinion of the Court briefed and argued the issue extensively and there is no claim of surprise.” (citing Stokes, 143 Ariz. at 592)
• “When the parties have tendered an insurance policy to the court for a coverage ruling, the court has discretion to read and interpret the policy correctly and is not necessarily limited to the arguments made by the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).